Contact details +6469517946
Dr Damian Ruth
Senior Lecturer
School of ManagementDamian is a senior lecturer in strategy at Massey University, New Zealand, where he teaches undergraduate and post-graduate students and on the Executive MBA programme.
He entered academia after extended stints in journalism, editing and consulting. His early degrees from the University Cape of Town were in the arts, humanities and social sciences. His PhD (Sheffield, UK) was in education and management. He has been an academic development practitioner in the management sciences, and has lectured organizational psychology, research methods, human resources, and, since joining Massey in 2002, strategy. He has taught many subjects in a variety of contexts in several universities in different countries.
In recent years the focus has been on the role of universities and higher education, management education and development and particularly the use of art and design in developing strategic thinking, organization studies, and strategy. In the last ten years he has published over 30 refereed publications plus 37 other publications, received a teaching award, and research awards, grants and Fellowships. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
His current work centres on the use of the arts and design in personal development and strategic thinking and non-traditional arts-based inquiries into organizational culture. His main areas of service at Massey University are in curriculum review and developing communities of teaching practice. He is currently working towards a Graduate Diploma in Industrial Design at Massey. Damian has published poetry in little magazines for many years and is a dedicated tinkerer ('sheddie' in NZ).
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +64 (06) 356 9099 x84946
Location: 3.11, BSC
Campus: Manawatu
Research Expertise
Research Interests
management education and development
universities, business schools and higher education
art and creativity in management
strategic thinking
Research Opportunities
- What is an MBA for? (01/01/2011) An investiagtion into the motivation of Massey MBA students.
- My Office: objects and artifacts in the academic o (01/01/2011) An investigation into how academics arrange and decorate their offices and what this may tell us about academic life and organizational culture.
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Business and Management (150300):
Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000):
Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy (130201):
Curriculum and Pedagogy (130200):
Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development (130202):
Economics, Business and Management Curriculum and Pedagogy (130203):
Education (130000):
Organisation and Management Theory (150310):
Organisational Behaviour (150311)
Keywords
management education and development
universities, business schools and higher education
art and creativity in management
Consultancy and Languages
Consultancy
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2000
- Association of African Universities
Ruth, D.W. (2000). The Stories We Tell and the Way We Tell Them: An investigation into the institutional culture of the University of the North, South Africa (Vol. Research Paper No 6). Accra: Association of African Universities. -
2004
- Ministry of Economic Development, NZ
Massey, C., Elkin, G., Mallon, M., Page, C., Ruth, D. W., & Wilson, M. (2004). Framework for Building Management Capability in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry of Economic Development and New Zealand Centre for SME Research, Massey University. -
2005
- Ministry of Economic Development, NZ
Massey, C., Gawith, A., Perry, M., Ruth, D. W., & Wilson, M. (2005). Building Management Capability in New Zealand: An assessment of supply and demand. Wellington: Ministry of Economic Development and New Zealand Centre for SME Research, Massey University. -
2011
- Massey University
Ruth, D.W. (2011). The Executive MBA: A report to the MBA Board of Studies, College of Business, Massey University, New Zealand
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
152.108 Management and Organization
152.200 Contemporary Management
152.702 Advanced Strategic Management
115.728 Contemporary Strategy (MBA)
I have taught from first years through to post-graduate and MBA and across strategy, general management, organization studies, organizational change, HR, and research studies.
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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2013
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Paige Carlyle
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Doctor of Business and Administration
Business performance measurement in small and medium enterprises: An action research study